Monday, 20 May 2013

A GREAT WEEKEND - PACKED FULL OF TEMPTATION!

For those of you who know me, you will be aware of just how hectic my schedule can be.  I’m a big believer in the phrase ‘carpe diem’, so try and ram as many events and see as many people as I possibly can during the course of most weekends.  However, socialising is almost always accompanied by the temptation of good food and drink!

On Friday, I attended a wedding, but was very well behaved.  I didn’t drink, I didn’t eat and I only stayed for a few hours before giving my apologies.  From previous experience, weddings and I just don’t mix well, so I think I have to resign myself to the fact that weddings forever more must be judged on the basis of ‘all or nothing’.

Saturday I caught up with some family, then in the evening caught up with an old friend.  We went for dinner locally to the Clocktower Restaurant and I was pretty good on the food front (olives as an alternative starter, followed by a grilled chicken breast and vegetables).  The owner of the restaurant is a friend of mine, so she joined us towards the end of our meal and kept bringing over peach bellinis, which I enjoyed very much!  We then decided to pop into a local nightclub called Club One9Five and really spent a good 4 hours dancing until we couldn’t dance any more.  It was great fun and I managed to stick to vodka and tonic, so relatively well behaved given the highly tempting surroundings!


On Sunday, we went for breakfast in a fantastic local coffee shop Belgique and enjoyed some scrambled eggs with a toasted bagel.  Later I met another friend and went off to Upon Park for West Ham’s last game of the season against Reading.  I go to football quite regularly, but my friend had never been before, despite being a life-long West Ham fan.  It was great day and the sun was shining so the 4-2 result to my team ended the season beautifully and left West Ham joint 9th in the league tables.  Not bad considering we weren’t even in the league 2 years ago!

In the week ahead, I hope to keep focused on the food and really get in some good exercise.  I hope you’ve all had enjoyable weekends too.

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